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 PBOCLAMATIONS, 1927. 2639 streams, and to appoint sa commission forthe acquisition of lands for thws. ose of conserving the navigability ofr navigable rivers"; and- &EAS, it has been found on further examination that certain lands thus set apart are not suitable for acquisition rmder the above mentioneid Act, aud, therefore, should be excluded from saidreserva- tion;an .. A   WHEREAS, certain additional lands in the vicinityéof said national forget hayleglxbeen or may hereafter be acquired by t United States unersai ct;   ‘ ; V . . - _ _ NOW, THEREFORE, I,‘ CALVIN COOLIDGE, President. of $$Y“§,f‘§?“9‘,§'§?d‘°°d‘ the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested V by section eleven of said Act, and by section twenty-four of the Act °l‘ °°' "‘ lm of March third, eigthoteen hundred and ninety·one‘(26 Statr, 1103), do Eroclaim, that the undaries of the said Unaka National Forest are ereby changed to exclude therefrom the lands found to be unsuitable for acquisition, and to include othe1·.lmds— which have been or may hereafter be acquired under the said·Act,of March- one,»ninetesn hum- dred and eleven, as shown on the diagram attached hereteand made a part hereof, and that all said lands within said boundaries which haveebeen or may hereafter be acquired by the.-United States under authority of said Act of March one, nineteen hundred and eleven, or any amendment thereof, shall be permanently reserved aud; admin- istered as a lgart of the Unaka National Forest. . . IN WIT ESS fWHEREOF, I have hereunto setmy hand and caused the seal of the United States to be amxed. L _ DONE in the city of Washington this 23** day of February, m the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [smar.] twenty-seven, ·and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-first. CALVIN Coonrnom By the President: Josarrr C. Gnnw Acting Secretary of State. BY run Pnnsrnnwr or run Uurrnn Srxrns or Aumuca A PROCLAMATION IN accordance with the custom establishedvléy my predecessor, I w·§§f°{,§%'}“ 1”°'°" have yearly proclaimed an American Forest eek. do so again rmmm. in the belief that no other of our internal problems is of greater moment than the rehabilitation of our forests, now so ho efull begun but needing the strong support of our collective will and) intel; ligence. Through joint arr·angement, Canada is observing forest week concurrent y with us. U _ One·fourth of our soil is better suited to timber-growing than anything else. I can not escape the conviction that our in ustrial and agricultural stability will be strengthened by bringing into full Eroductive use this great empire of land. Although muc progress as been made in public forestry and hopeful begmnings in private forestry, we still have a vast aggregate of idle or semi-idle forest land, and another large aggregate of poor farm land that might more profitably grow timber mstead of adding to the problem of agricultural overproduction. _ Consider what blessings the use of this land for intensive forest culture would bring to our country. O1u· migratory forest industries would be stabilize and made permanent. Rural mdustry would be 43892°-—-27--r··r 3i-76

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